The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is great at scoring own goals.
In the 2019 General Election, the Prime Minister of Canada was caught with pictures of him in blackface. He had just been found guilty of two ethics violations. He had interfered with a criminal prosecution of a Canadian company by the Attorney General. Under all circumstances this should have been a slam dunk for the CPC.
Instead, their leader lied about being an insurance salesman and an American, and could not give a straight answer, pun intended, on whether he would attend the Pride parade.
Today: when you have such an inept government in Ottawa, winning an election should be easy. After all, the government is so inept that their solution to the passport chaos is buying chairs. Instead, the CPC shows its fantastic skill at scoring an own goal.
Again.
The disqualification of Patrick Brown from the Conservative leadership race is unprecedented in Canadian politics. It is stunning and has made the front-page news everywhere. Any neutral Canadian will see this as a problem of the CPC itself.
Patrick Brown wasn't just any CPC candidate. He had signed 150,000 new members who had paid $15 to join the party (remember, Justin Trudeau had 100,000 when he won the Liberal leadership, and those weren't paid members either). Brown was one of the front runner in the race. Honestly, after the first ballot, it was going to be either him or Jean Charest that would have won the race.
By disqualifying him, the party establishment appear to have rigged the race to favour Pierre Poilievre. And to do so without giving any reasons? That's just bad politics, bad options - not to mention a hit job.
We can legitimately ask - What exact crime did Brown’s campaign do? What specific rule did they break? Were they given a proper hearing, as they allege they weren't? Brown's statement says they weren't given a full opportunity to defend themselves. And to complete the joke, the CPC isn't issuing any more comments.
For now.
Trudea 1. CPC -1.
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